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Coimbatarao Gopinath
Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath
Born: 1 March 1930, Madras (now Chennai)
Major Teams: Madras, India.
Known As: Coimbatarao Gopinath
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: India v England at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1951/52
Last Test: India v Australia at Calcutta, 5th Test, 1959/60
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 8 12 1 242 50* 22.00 0 1 2 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 8 2 11 1 11.00 1-11 0 0 48.0 1.37
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1949/50 - 1962/63)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 83 119 18 4259 234 42.16 9 50 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 389 14 27.78 3-15 0 0
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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A stylist with a wide range of strokes, CD Gopinath's Test record was
not in keeping with his reputation as one of the leading run scorers
in first class cricket. He made an impressive debut when in his first
Test against England in 1951-52 he scored 50 not out and 42. The first
was a classy knock full of flowing strokes while the second was a
fighting effort, scored when Indian wickets were falling fast. Again
in the final Test at Madras he did well scoring 35 and helping Polly
Umrigar add 93 runs for the seventh wicket. Thereafter he was more out
of than in the team, predominently because of a poor tour of England
in 1952. He fared much better on the tour of Pakistan in 1954-55
averaging 58.33 in all first class games. Brought back against
Australia at Calcutta in 1959-60, he was top scorer with 39 in the
first innings. But that was his swan song.
In the Ranji Trophy however Gopinath remained a heavy scorer finishing
with 2349 runs (51.06) with a highest score of 234 against Mysore in
1958-59. One of his finest innings was 175 for South Zone against the
visiting New Zealanders in 1955-56. He captained Madras for several
years. He had a comparatively short first class career due to business
commitments but in the seventies re-emerged as chairman of the
national selection committee and in 1979 he managed the Indian team
which toured England.(Partab Ramchand)
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